From fountain hopping to bubbling, Star Fountain has been the focus of many lasting memories for Butler students. Today, it stands out as a black eye on campus. While undergoing maintenance over the summer, a construction worker accidentally backed his pickup truck into the fountain, knocking several pieces of limestone loose. Junior Rachel Head, a…
Campus engineer plans green improvements
Butler University is continuing to identify energy improvements on campus with the welcoming of Amanda Doenges, the new campus engineer. Upcoming projects include lighting controls and daylight sensors in the front lobby and the weightlifting and pool areas of the Health and Recreation Complex. The sensors will dim or turn lights off that are not…
Women’s history month celebrated on campus
All over the country, people are celebrating women and their contributions to society. At Butler, REACH; Demia; the Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies department; Student Affairs; Health Education; the Diversity Center and the residence life department are all celebrating March as National Women’s History Month with a wide variety of activities and events. “It’s good,…
Butler to be Reaccredited
Butler University is going through a reaccreditation process by the Higher Learning Commission. A team of six peer reviewers from the commission will be on campus March 25 through March 27 to evaluate the university and decide whether or not it should be reaccredited. These six individuals are administrators from other colleges around the country…
COE student awarded for student teaching
One day, during one of her education classes at Butler University, Karly Keiper became upset. An in-class speaker was attempting to display to Keiper and her classmates how it feels to live with a learning disability. Keiper’s teacher, special education instructor Theresa Knipstein-Meyer, said the speaker received a passionate and powerful reaction from Keiper. “Karly…
Electronic prayers bring support to Butler community
“BUprays” is a nondenominational listserv for students, faculty and staff at Butler designed to provide a safe and anonymous way to share in faith and prayers, regardless of religion. A Butler University staff member had the idea to create the listerv after a year-long workshop through the Center for Faith and Vocation. At the event,…
Gift exposes more students to Butler
Butler University’s Early College Program has received a gift of $8,300 from the Central Indiana Teachers Credit Union, which will help expose select juniors and seniors from Shortridge Magnet High School to a college classroom environment. Presented on Feb. 15, this amount covers the cost of one student going through the program both semesters of…
Ideas come to life
Butler University President Jim Danko has distributed $300,000 to members of the student body and faculty promoting various advancements. The money was part of Butler’s Innovation Fund, which is money set aside to financially support ideas that have potential positive impact for Butler. More than 70 proposals were submitted for consideration by the evaluation committee,…
Campus promotes positive body image
The week of Feb. 24 through March 2 brings awareness to eating disorders across the United States. At Butler University, the seven-day period will combat and bring to light a much wider scope of mental and physical concerns. National Eating Disorder Awareness Week will continue today with a showing of the documentary film “America the…
Craig Fisher voted SGA president
The Butler student body chose junior Craig Fisher to lead the Student Government Association in the 2013-14 school year. The Election Oversight Committee released the verified results for the SGA presidential election Monday night. Fisher is a pharmacy major native to Indianapolis. Both of his parents are Butler alumni. He attributes his success to his…